Photos courtesy of Long Beach Fire Department.
 
8:00am | Thursday afternoon Long Beach Fire Department units responded to reports of a bicycle rider that was struck by a northbound Metro Train just south of the Wardlow Station at the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Wardlow Road. Firefighters discovered the bike rider, a male in his 30’s, that had been struck and dragged several hundred feet. Long Beach Paramedics assessed the victim and pronounced him deceased at the scene. A bike was found wedged in the north end of the train.  The scene was turned over to authorities from Metro and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for investigation of the cause.